Snow leopard dies at Peshawar zoo

PESHAWAR: A 10-year-old snow leopard died at Peshawar Zoo on Thursday afternoon, zoo officials said. 

The snow leopard was brought to the zoo from Galiyat and was scheduled to be taken back on April 15 due to hot weather, said the zoo’s project director Muhammad Ali.

Ali also said that the leopard did not have any disease and died his natural death as snow leopards don’t live longer than 14 years.

KP government ordered an inquiry into the death of animals and summoned a report from the authorities.

Since the zoo was inaugurated a month ago, at least three animals have died. Earlier, a 10-year-old monkey died at the zoo after being attacked by a wolf. Following this, a four-year-old fallow deer of American-African origin passed away in the zoo. 

The deer's post-mortem report revealed that it did not have any disease, adding that the deer was not able to endure exhaustion stemming from its travel to the zoo. 

On Tuesday, an eight-year-old Bengali tigress died at Lahore zoo. The Bengali tigress was born at Bahawalpur zoo and brought to the Lahore zoo in 2014, a zoo spokesperson told Geo.tv.

The eight-year-old tigress was suffering from a parasitic disease, the spokesperson added. 

Her body was sent to the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences for postmortem.